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2019 Lebanese protests in Antelias. Large-scale anti-government demonstrations ignited in the country from 17 October. Initially triggered in response to a rise in gas and tobacco prices as well as a new tax on messaging applications, [4] the demonstrations quickly turned into a revolution against the stagnation of the economy, unemployment, Lebanon's sectarian and hereditary political system ...
Politics of Lebanon. Lebanon is a parliamentary democratic republic within the overall framework of confessionalism, a form of consociationalism in which the highest offices are proportionately reserved for representatives from certain religious communities. The constitution of Lebanon grants the people the right to change their government.
2022 Lebanese general election. General elections were held in Lebanon on 15 May 2022 (one week earlier for overseas voters and one day earlier for ballot workers) to elect all 128 members of the Lebanese Parliament. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The country has for several years been the subject of chronic political instability as well as a serious economic ...
Beirut, Lebanon — Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon Tuesday, a day after Lebanese officials say 558 people, including 50 children, were killed in the ...
When pagers exploded across Lebanon last week, the year-long war with Hezbollah was not at the top of the Israeli political agenda.. Instead, the political class was convulsed with speculation ...
President Joe Biden said on Monday that the U.S. was trying to calm the situation in Lebanon. ... where the Iranian-backed group is a powerful political and military force. ...
The killing of a local politician has deepened sectarian and political faultines in Lebanon, raising fears of armed clashes between rival factions in a country already beset by a deep economic ...
Hezbollah–Israel conflict. Exchange of strikes between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been occurring along the Israel–Lebanon border and in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. It is currently the largest escalation of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict to have occurred since the 2006 Lebanon ...